{"id":9601,"date":"2026-03-09T10:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T09:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.igmm.cnrs.fr\/quand-un-virus-devient-cheval-de-troie\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T08:53:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T06:53:31","slug":"quand-un-virus-devient-cheval-de-troie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.igmm.cnrs.fr\/en\/quand-un-virus-devient-cheval-de-troie\/","title":{"rendered":"When a virus becomes a Trojan horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9592\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9592\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9592 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.igmm.cnrs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kml-virus-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Licence Creative Commons \u2013 Option Cell Open Access<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"174\" data-end=\"367\">In an article published in <em data-start=\"201\" data-end=\"207\">Cell<\/em>, <strong data-start=\"209\" data-end=\"241\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.igmm.cnrs.fr\/en\/team\/rna-viruses-and-host-factors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karim Majzoub\u2019s team<\/a> at IGMM<\/strong> and their collaborators show that some deltaviruses can spread <strong data-start=\"305\" data-end=\"336\">hidden inside another virus<\/strong>, like a true \u201cTrojan horse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"369\" data-end=\"557\">These viruses, dependent on a \u201chelper virus,\u201d use this mechanism to infect new cells, revealing a surprising strategy that could influence their <strong data-start=\"514\" data-end=\"554\">transmission, tropism, and evolution<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"559\" data-end=\"671\">This discovery provides new insights into deltavirus biology and opens up fresh avenues for virology research.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"559\" data-end=\"671\"><strong data-start=\"676\" data-end=\"702\">Read the full article:<\/strong><br data-start=\"702\" data-end=\"705\" \/><a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insb.cnrs.fr\/fr\/cnrsinfo\/quand-un-virus-en-transporte-un-autre-le-cheval-de-troie-des-deltavirus\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"705\" data-end=\"899\">When one virus carries another: the \u201cTrojan horse\u201d of deltaviruses | CNRS Biologie<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"559\" data-end=\"671\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/cell\/fulltext\/S0092-8674(26)00165-0?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867426001650%3Fshowall%3Dtrue\">Deltaviruses spread through a viral Trojan Horse: Cell<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>Media coverage:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-spread=\"false\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Lib\u00e9ration : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liberation.fr\/societe\/sante\/un-cheval-de-troie-viral-des-virus-voyagent-a-linterieur-dautres-virus-comme-des-passagers-clandestins-20260306_TDTSTFO62JBAPBQ3OWS6GPTVIE\/?redirected=1641\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.liberation.fr\/societe\/sante\/un-cheval-de-troie-viral-des-virus-voyagent-a-linterieur-dautres-virus-comme-des-passagers-clandestins-20260306_TDTSTFO62JBAPBQ3OWS6GPTVIE\/?redirected=1641<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>France 24 : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/fr\/info-en-continu\/20260306-passagers-clandestins-des-virus-voyagent-%C3%A0-l-int%C3%A9rieur-d-autres-virus\">https:\/\/www.france24.com\/fr\/info-en-continu\/20260306-passagers-clandestins-des-virus-voyagent-%C3%A0-l-int%C3%A9rieur-d-autres-virus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>On YouTube (TWIV) :\u00a0<\/strong><br data-start=\"70\" data-end=\"73\" \/>Starting at 51:10<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TWiV 1313: Maybe they&#039;re all dementia vaccines\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qkN9HNLynpo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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